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We must prepare for the possibility that Donald Trump will no longer uphold NATO’s mutual defense commitment unconditionally,
Merz said in an interview with a German broadcaster on Friday I wouldn’t bet everything I have on any question I’m asked, and certainly not on this one.”
When asked whether he believes Trump will uphold the clause, Merz said We need to have discussions with both the British and the French — the two European nuclear powers — about whether nuclear sharing, or at least nuclear security from the U.K. and France, could also apply to us,
If we don't, the United States will withdraw from Europe,
There is a feeling that, if the trans-Atlantic bridge is not falling apart, it has been seriously damaged."
Dr Maris Andzans, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga, said The United States remains committed to the NATO alliance and to the defense partnership with Europe,
Hegseth said, ... according to the Journal The first time one NATO member thinks the others won't defend it, that's the beginning of the end,
Peter Bator, a former ambassador to NATO from the Slovak Republic, told the Journal Europe can no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests.”
The leaders of the center-right European People’s Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the liberal Renew Europe and the Greens declared We were not fully satisfied with the wording of the assessment of the United States in the text … Now is the time for calm, measured dialogue and a focus on pragmatic solutions.”
A spokesperson for the European Conservatives and Reformists group, which includes Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, explained why it didn’t sign the joint statement We now have an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,
another European diplomat observed in recent days, declining to be identified discussing sensitive matters Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security,
This War is far more important to Europe than it is to us,
Trump wrote on social media He wants Europe to take more responsibility for its security to strengthen NATO,
Nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans,
The reality is this current crop of Republicans regard Russia and Ukrainians as sort of equal,
Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action,
It is clear that any deal on Ukraine that doesn’t involve Europe will fail,
EU policy chief Kaja Kallas told Fox News Digital from South Africa I am not a politician, but I understand that this Trump does not bode well for us,
The foreign policy of the United States scares me a lot,
she told Reuters in Warsaw It is disturbing to me that Putin and Trump, or vice versa, have really got along,
